From the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Neuroscience Institute and Department of Biomedical Sciences and.
the Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, and.
J Biol Chem. 2014 Jun 6;289(23):15980-5. doi: 10.1074/jbc.C114.559633. Epub 2014 May 1.
Purified F-ATP synthase dimers of yeast mitochondria display Ca(2+)-dependent channel activity with properties resembling those of the permeability transition pore (PTP) of mammals. After treatment with the Ca(2+) ionophore ETH129, which allows electrophoretic Ca(2+) uptake, isolated yeast mitochondria undergo inner membrane permeabilization due to PTP opening. Yeast mutant strains ΔTIM11 and ΔATP20 (lacking the e and g F-ATP synthase subunits, respectively, which are necessary for dimer formation) display a striking resistance to PTP opening. These results show that the yeast PTP originates from F-ATP synthase and indicate that dimerization is required for pore formation in situ.
经钙离子载体 ETH129 处理后,该离子载体允许电泳摄取钙离子,导致分离的酵母线粒体由于 PTP 开放而发生内膜通透性增加。酵母突变株 ΔTIM11 和 ΔATP20(分别缺乏 e 和 g F-ATP 合酶亚基,这些亚基对于二聚体形成是必需的)对 PTP 开放表现出显著的抗性。这些结果表明酵母 PTP 源自 F-ATP 合酶,并表明二聚化是形成原位孔所必需的。